From Food Fights To Full Recovery

Dr. Therese Waterhous' Nuggets from today:

• Should Registered Dietitians be involved in Family Based Treatment?
• How to find free high-quality trainings for primary care doctors, dietitians and therapists
• Instilling HOPE
• Sharing advice to “Learn the family, their story and their fears…and respect.”
• And do not be afraid
• Listen in today to hear about the Eating Disorder Treatment Facilitator

Therese S. Waterhous Ph.D., RDN, CEDRD-S, FAED is an eating disorder specialist in private practice in Corvallis, Oregon. She has worked with families and their children for over 30 years, having completed a pediatric fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham during graduate school. 

 

Therese was one of the founding board members for the international non-profit advocacy group FEAST-ED (Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment for Eating Disorders) she has worked with the Eating Disorders Coalition during two of its Washington DC lobbying days and she delivers many local talks to various groups, educating them about eating disorders.

 
Therese coauthored the ADA Practice Paper on nutrition interventions in eating disorders, she served as Director of the Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition practice group’s subunit on disordered eating and eating disorders. She has served on the Oregon IAEDP (International Assn. for Eating Disorders Professionals) chapter board and currently serves on the national IAEDP Excellence in Practice Committee.

 

 Therese served on the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) special interest group on Family-Based Treatment and currently is active on the Medical Care Standards Committee and the Experts by Experience Committee of AED. In 2016-2017, she received and has executed work on a grant from the local Coordinated Care Organization to train other health care professionals about eating disorder evaluation and treatment and extend eating disorder treatment to underserved Oregonians.

 

Contact Therese at  https://willamettenutritionsource.com/

 

With your host Beth Harrell 

IG  @beth.harrell.cedss  

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